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Roy Cooper secures North Carolina Senate seat, flipping it Democrat
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Roy Cooper, North Carolina's former Democratic governor, defeated Michael Whatley, Trump's hand-picked candidate and former Republican National Committee chair, securing the first Senate seat to switch to the Democratic party in this year's midterms. He will replace Republican Thom Tillis, who is retiring. Cooper campaigned on reducing expenses for food, energy, and housing, and his fundraising efforts generated approximately three times Whatley's total.
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